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Newspaper Page TextHONES QUITS DIRECTOR (Coi .firmed From Pago One) I tor o! resignation. "My know- lute oi ino nature or mo worK naw confrontinu the office cause i me to concludu I should Mi tvmain longer. i. "Tha office has already env ' barked upon thu development J of a urogram of reconversion J I have organized committees in 1 composed ot representatives of 'Vthe various agencies whlclt liuvo S been at work for some time do- ' 1.... !.,!.. ti, ,,,.,., f "I am now convinced that the person who is to direct the re conversion program should tnko Charge of this office now. lie 'would thon have an opportunity to familiarize himself with the plans we have made and can 'tnodlfy In such manner as he deems wise the plans he will be called upon to administer." t Mr. Roosevelt praised Byrnes' work in his acceptance letter ' and said he would like to think !rionld avail himself of the and understanding If the need jhould arise in the future, : Itnis Organize piferewolves" LONDON. April 2 W For mation of German guerrilla banoa called Werewolves was proclaimed last night by Berlin, anJ the Moscow radio com mented today: 'The wolf hunt is on good hunting." Berlin exhorted all Germans In occupied areas to support the i Werewolves and continue to ! flint the allies. The broadcast ' taxi the name was taken from German mythology. It described ' werewolves as wild beings who , hide lni forests and "pounce on all God's creatures with lower ing rase" Jop Atrocities - In Monila Rival 1 Inquisition . . (Continued From Page One) rporliof atrocities at Fort Santi ao, inside the intramuros, sworn to be col. J. n. Frederick, commander of the 120th infantry of the 37th division. Probing in the rubble of the dsftrojed fort, Frederick and his nun found a aungcon-iike room partially below - the ground wbve only exits were sculcd by two seven-foot steel doors bolted iron the outside. . Ixfiidt' tht:v. fminri tha decom. poellf bodies of between 250 and 300 jrfcntal civilians. The only wuvow m the live-loot truck walls was partially sealed -1 ;Fndtrick thinks most of the vlctins starved to death, but that I com of them suffocated. Thirty odbwere sprawled around -the stee1 doors. They died trying to cioref We doors. , 5 -nroiighout the intramuros, 3. Fr&eitck and his men found .i smaler piles of corpses, of both i sew. inany with their hands ! bouid ; and bearing bayonet , iwouios. I Carolina Coruna, 22-ycar-old ; studtnt nurse working in st. Pan)S'hospita, related In an af fidavit that early in February , the Japanese issued leaflets or- aerug civilians to remain in their homes under penalty of ' deatl and set up machincguns at stvei intersections. I i "Al male civilians from 18 tto 60were put on the wanted 'list" her affidavit said, "since Jthe jips accused all males ot being either guerrillas or Ameri can ympathizers the Japs woulcgo from house to house ' gatherng men and . boys and . ' then (loot them down on the pubfcedreets. . ...... "Twee I was an actual eye ' wi tries, at the killing of an est! i mated ?5 to 100 civilians. On teach ocasion, the Japanese fir ing squds, composed of about 10 seller 'armed with auto matic vaapons, lined up civilians land mi fed them down.' j J ."Woirm of the victims who ran. up to the firing squad to plead lc mercy were likewise killed, lsually before they : ! reached ;he soldiers." ' J I Watdr Gone Mrs. L. t. f ,Cheynn, 33 N. 10th, advised city police th weekend that she had a U-kaat . gold wristwutch istolen frm her home recently. I Haas lerland Fire Insurance. 'Phone 00. , -r 3 ! I Divert Grapefruit Pnlfflra-Anr wst.ful lilies arc jpackl im o this golden fruit frm 'he Arizona-. Calif orra osert. Plus pleilty ofit ain CI HarfiJes- tGrapefruit givqs yon p mart supply lus i 'Oi i vitamin, t H a sunshine-f.J rapefruit to-i richlDet nr'.jrow. a the natural-. i segments. the Ires-., iv luice. And. discovert) itiilthfulgood eating :if, for you nv Throneberry , Awaits Return To Colorado PORTLAND, Ore, April 2 l) ttnndel O. Throneberry, 27-year-old Texan who escaped from Jail to become one of the na tion's 15 most-sought criminals, today nwulted return to Color ado to face trial In the torture murder of a shcephordcr. Throneberry, who has signed a waiver of extradition, is held on $25,000 bond pending arrival of Colorado officials, Ho was captured Thursday on Eugene, Ore., ranch after FBI officials hud followed a long trail. Acquaintances giivo them their only clue when thoy said Throneberry had boasted ho could disappear forovor with his tamuy in a romoto Oregon town EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued From Page One) from tho China coast across the bast China sea. It is big enough for heavy bomber b a e i and CLOSE enough to enable B-20s based there to carry their full bomb load of 10 tons. (Thoso based In the Marlanns can carry only a half-loud.) It has HARBORS, whereas Iwo has none. Using It as a base, we can clamp tight the blockade of Japan. QKINAWA Is an all-American operation. The co-operating British fleet Is still hammering (he Sakashlma islands, clear down by Formosa. (Our ulti mate purpose is undoubtedly to take all the Ryukyus.) t TTHE news blackout lifts enough to give us a glimpse of what Is happening In Germany, It is PLENTY. In tho Ruhr, we have trapped an ARMY GROUP, containing what Is left of three German armies the FLOWER of the re maining wchrmacht. we oro told this morning. Estimates ot the number ot men trapped vary all the way from 40,000 up to 110. 000. As this Is written, they arc staging an attack In an effort to break out, but our constricting lines are reported to be holding firm. TTHE British, turning north beyond the Rhine, are report ed on the vcrgo of trapping an other German army group, sta tioned In Holland and now try ing to get out before the British can Out them off. Tho surprising statement Is made in tho dispatches this morning that those two army groups comprise about two-thirds of the effective German forces left on the western front, THE Russian s, approaching from thrco sides, ar squeez ing Vienna In a death grip. They &ro; reported' hearing the city's outskirts. Thcro are signs of nervous activity In Italy, where some thing new is obviously expected. . TTHE air Is literally clabbered with rumors which we'll be wise If we disregard. But tho German radio today offers a re ward of 100,000 marks (around $10,000) for "the killers of TWO PASSENGERS and the driver of a car" In outer Berlin. That's a high price for three casual killings in a world that is full of death." Tho two passengers must hovo been Im portant nazis. Killing of Im portant nazis will be the way the end will begin. . VOU may be confused by, all y,1 this talk today .of army "groups." An army group Is normally two or more armies. An army la normally two or more corps. A corps Is normally two or more divisions.) . . . , "THE situation in Europe today nrnmnlf iM thmirrht- German collanse will test the U. S. HOME FRONT. Will we grit our teeth, tighten our belts and go after the .TAPS as our fighting men arc doing? Or will we civilians stage a stampede for tho fleshpots of peace? Classified Ads Bring Results. DEVELOPING , ENLARGING PRINTING PHOTO SERVICE 211 Underwood Bldg. SUNSHINEgives em clean, golden skins... , packs a primary supply . of vitamin C in a X,;..: , ...... 0c XI - curamu....H.. SOVETTANKS MILES INTO AUSTRIA (Continued From Puge One) reported to have battered to the outskirts ot Bratislava on tho north bank of the Danube 30 miles cast ot Vienna, In reaching Sommerlng pass, Marshal Tolbukhln put Russian troops In tho Alps for tho first tlma since tho Napoleonic wars. Fortifications Pounded Spoarhoads of Marshal Foo dor I. Tolbukhln's third Ukrain ian army pounded gup fortifica tions from tho south between captured Sopron on tho Nousoid ler See and Wiener Neustadt, and pushed Into tho Llotha mountains farther north. Tha Russltms drove within eight miles of Wlonar Neustadt, and wero only four miles from the vital railway Unking Vienna with northern Ituly. East ot Bratislava, troops ot Marshal Rodion Y. Mullnov sky's second Ukrainian army were moving down tho Karpaty mountains, west of Trnava and within 12 miles of tho capital ot the puppet state of Slovakia. Fight tor Lanschuts Another Russian column was fighting for the railway Junc tion of Lanschutz, only eight and a half miles due east of Bratislava and fives miles west of Szenc. More than 32,150 nazi pri soners surrendered In tho last 24 hours at Tolbukhln, ad vanced 13 miles yesterday In one ot the swiftest operations of the war on the eastern front. Tanks of Malinovsky's divi sions driving westward on the south sldo ot the Danube, shoulder to shoulder with Tol bukhln, wedged far behind the Germans, disorganizing resist ance and ranging very close to Bratislava. Itself. Vienna's outer fortress of Wiener Neustadt came under tho fire of Tolbukhln s artillery today. Premier Slalln announced In one of thrco orders of tho day yesterday that the long-encircled Odor river citadel of Glogau, 33 miles northwest of Breslau, had fallen with a toll ot 8000 Ger man' prisoners, after- a seven week slcgo. Cutoff Threatened The third Ukrainian army column pushing up the west shore ot tho Ncuscldlcr See threatened to cut off the enemy defenders of tho Bratislava gap from the rear. Rust, 19 miles east of Wiener Neustadt, was cap tured In this drive. Five mllea west of Rust, Traucrsdorf was captured In the closest approach to Vienna. Other Tolbukhln troops fight ing north of tho Yugoslav bordor in southern Hungary adviincou on a 26-mlle front between Lake Balaton and tho Drava river, cap turing at least 60 towns and vil lages. Malinovsky's troops on the north bank of the Danube ad vanced along a 70-mlle front toward Batlslava, seizing more than 100 towns and villages In a drive that formed the top of the arc of soviet armor con verging on Vienna, April Docket Call Cancelled The April docket call, slated for this morning, was cancelled by Circuit Judge David R. Vandcnbcrg who announced that all criminal cases which he will have time to hear during the coming month, are already scheduled. Federal court, district of Ore gon, will hear land condemnation suits starting April 13, and con tinuing for approximately two weeks, taking over tho circuit court rooms. Disputes are be tween the government and pro perty owners of land taken over by the Marine Barracks. . Next docket call will be held Monday, May 7. . , Yreka Organisation The AFL Lumber - Workers union . has formed a local at Yreka. H. R. Lcazer ot Yreka was named president. ; Or Enjoy that Bright Morning Tastel FltJ.WA WITH 111 f ULV Iff a XA'CK Diplomats Seek . To Avoid Clash With Russia ' WASHINGTON. April 2 (!') United Slates diplomats arc working at top speed to avoid a showdown with Russia over Polish participation In the San Francisco United Nations con ference, High officials hern hoM tho Palish national unity govern ment agreed upon at Yalta in February still may bo set up In thno to resolvo tho controversy. Should It appear in tho next few days that this hope might bo transformed Into a probabil ity with additional time, the opening date of tho conference may bo delayed two or throe weeks beyond April 25. Allied Armies Race to Close Gigantic Trap 1 (Continued From Pago Ono) troops crushed Into the West phallan capital of Muensler tpop: 143,74(1) and the Tommies cut tha Dortmundoms canul major German Inland waterway In at least two places near Reiscnbeck and further cast. Lt. Gen. Sir Miles S. Dump sey's British and Scottish troops fought Into thu Teutnhurg forest near Blulefuld (127,700) and drovo from captured Ithelno to within 12 miles of the truffle center of Osnalmieck (80,0001, 07 miles west of Hannover. Trapped Germans in the Ruhr opened their first coordinated at tack in an attempt to break tho encircling arms of tho first and ninth armies between Puderborn and Slegon. The doughboys hold firm In hard fighting. Field Marshal Montgomery lifted tho long silenco about the 21st army group advances in the Ruhr and on the Wcstphullun plains Into today. Two Towns Captured Among towns captured wero Rhcine and Ensehede. Hrltons were In the outskirts of Grniiau. Tho Zutphcti'Enschcdo canal has been reached. The entire German army group B. commanded liv Field Marshal Walther von Model was trapped In the Ruhr. In army group B are tho fifth German panzer army, last tank army the enemy has In thu west, the lSth army and portions of tho bat tered first piiraehuto army. In the 4000 square mile Ruhr bug are flvo tank. 10 lnfnntrv. two parachute and four other divisions of Volkssturm and Volsgrcnadlcr troops. Model was believed to havo escaped before Ino second and third divisions slammed shut tho tight steel trap on Easier Sunday, Tho tramivd Germans thrashed about looking for a weak spot mey could not find. Farther south, the seventh army threatened the grunt nnzl shrlna city' of Nuernberg from positions 43 miles away, as well as Stuttgart. The third army in the center threw tanks within OB miles of Leipzig and U2 of Czechoslovakia. Ensehede, captured by the British, is 118 miles from Bremen and 100 from the port of Wil helmshaven. RIm-Iiio is on the Ems .river. 17 miles Inside Ger many from Holland, 80 miles irom uremcn una lan trom Ham burg. Its vast railyurds have frequently been bombed. Gronau Is close to Ensehede and between that Dutch city of 00.280 and Rhcine. Enschodft was Field Mnrshal Johannes Blaskowltz' headquarters, which were bombed Into ruins last week, The U. S. ninth army was dis closed to be clearing up the dif ficult built up Ruhr area north of the Emschcr canal connecting Dulsburg with tho Dortmund Ems canal perhaps the most im portant artificial waterway in Germany except for the Kiel canal. HARTFORD AccMmI mi Indemnity Company INSURANCE T. B. WAITERS General Insurance Agency FIRE . . . AUTOMOBILE IS Main St Phone 4113 SONOF SUNN MORNING' WHISKIY BUNDED AMIMCaH grain Nivmusfiti" ,a nmtn wwikit moor, thi iihiioht whhkiii in tiiii riODIIcr l I TUftl an MOKE DID; strmqht whiiket, m otnn NEuriM trimt ichehiet oiniurin cip.n.i.c. Police Asked To Attend Meet All law enforcement officers In tho county ara requested to attend a I) lake emphasis pro gram to bu held ut 2 p. m. Tues day In circuit court moms. Thu program is mitlon-wldu mid endorsed by thu president ot lliu United Stales, according to Sheriff Lloyd L. Low. In structors from the office of tho Necrnlury of statu will be here Tuesday to conduct thu meeting. Sheriff Low said that a pro gram will bo nut Into effect whereby ull lirnKcs on curs oper ating throughout thn country will bo required to be In top condition. Change Ordered In Lumber Prices WASHINGTON. D. C, April 2 Ml An order changing lumber prices Is under prepiirutlon by the office of price administra tion, Sen. Morso (K-Ore.) said to day. Tho nrlco of green lumber, hn was Informed, will bo decreased $1.00 per thousand board feet and the price ot dried lumber sold directly to consumer will bo Increased $1 a thousand. Thero will bo no change, ha said, in prices on sales butwuen mills, as for instance, where a sawmill which has no facilities for dry ing lumber sells Its product to another mill which operates n drier. U. S, Gunboat Lost in Pacific WASHINGTON, April 2 (ZD Loss of tho LCI 874 In the 1'hllip plne area as a result of enemy action was announced today by the navy. Thu vessel was a small landing craft (Infantry) converted Into a gunboat and normally carried a crew of DO. The navy gave no Indication of tho number of casualties hut said the next of kin hud been Informed. Small Hawk Turns Into Dive Bomber ASTORIA. April 2 W) A small Cooper's hawk who has begun a lone campaign against Astoria's husky' rat population ut a downtown corner has his own gallery of watchers. The hawk sits patiently on a building cornice, overlook ing u vacant lot which seems to bo a gathering point for huge ruts. When ano ventures into the open tha hawk holds Ills wings agulnst his body, goes Into! an almost vertical divo and sinks his talons Into his target, Ha files oft with his booty but always returns. "AkJW WW . el Vj If .: -,,. r-,,',-,.,Yvj v "'l l "I'm your automobile dealer . . . the man who handles Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto or Chrysler cars right near you. Ifs time for me to speak up. Too many .people are driving today with their fingers crossed . . , hoping nothing will happen. It doesn't make sense to neglect your car when regular check-ups often prevent trouble. FOR TROUBLE-FREE 5PRIN6 AND SUMMER DRIVING Chao(e to summer lubricants; chuck oil filter and air cleaner 'Chock steoring alignment Toit brakes 'Route tlrei Fluih cooling syitemi examine hoio con nections Tune engine for wann weather driving 'Repair dentil touch up rait poti) polish car for protection. K I I Nazis Offer Reward for Car Killers LONDON, April 2 (!') The German radio tonight broadcu.il a bulletin offering a reward of 100,000 murks ($10,000 ut the U, S, mllltiiry exchange rule) lor aid in capturing tho killers of two passengers and thn driver of a cur In outer Berlin, The slzo of the rewards Indicated tho victims wero prominent, al though they wero not named. Army Terrier Refused Ride On Portland Bus PORTLAND, April 2 til') A little uriny terrier came nil the wuy from ' Ireland with a wound at Ciinslno and wus re fused a bus rlda in Portland, After four campaigns with his muster, T4 Clulr L. Olson, "Jumper" wanted to' rldo home to Gilchrist, Ore. on furlough. Bus driver said no. An army engineer gave Olson and "Jump er" a lift on a supply truck. OBITUARY KM, A CAM.AItAN Kile Cftllalttwi. (nr lit pa at 37 yean ralilnt of Klamath roimty, paaaotl away al her hum In Klamath fntli, NumJay. April I, IU4& at fl 10 p. rn. The tlefleaaatl wi A native ut Kouli, Indiana, and waa led 7t) year and month when called. Hhe U eurvlvnd by her b ni I her, Jijhn Callahan of Klamath fall. There will Im a reriutlon of the Holy Ktnary In I he chapel of Wertl'i Klamath funeral Home, TueMtay, April 3, al fl p. m., with tho Hov. T. V. Cowy of firiaifns. rrianOe aie mpacWuliy In vlted to attend. FUNERAL Kt.LA CAI-I.AMAN funeral aervirei fur tits late Flta Callalian. who iiird away In ihU rily Hundey, April 1. will be held WrdneaUay. April 4. 1045 (rum the Hnned Heart Catholic rhmeh. ath and Tine, where a Iteoulam Me" will be celebrated for the repoee of her tnul, at 0 a, m. with the Hey. T. P Ceey of Mr la tin. Con rluillntf irrvlrea end Interment will fnlluw In Mt. Calvary Memorial Park. ArrangrmenU are under the direction -f Ward'a Klamath runeral Home, ttta lllfh. CAN'T STAND DACIC PAIN? I If it rtllevn muklc pin ewiVAy, tfitt tivtr. To rl wrlcumr, runiinucd lie I tclirf, for Atyt, right at the fore tr-o. rr'y oar bit Jehmimi RHD CROSS I'LASTtR or the hravirr. warmrr JoJmtWi Bik I'laitrr. . . . The mi Id, active mrdication (fully hfiti the back, it tit up blood ciku lilion, fichu rougritiofi. tt pain, . , , Werm doth rovcfine rrlitm IkkI hrat, pro tect! buck fitnit cliitljiiit. provide contin uoui tu f port. . , .Try thi ctraii, eiy, proved Hiy to "licet Irrit" eirnple bttkiihe and other muKulir pihu TODAY. (In tut of chiettic bickiche. are your doctor.) . . . Alwayi iiuiti on tbc GKNUINti, nude by Jolinuxi k Jolunoa, itmv red CROSS PLASTER and H"""V BACK PLASTER . ar !uW78& HV mm) ea n aim BBBHaasBMBsaessasessscai - " Drive with your u v i n e WAR O N Monday, April 2. II4B E (Continued Krorn Pogn One) left side when; the woman was sealed. Tho door wus open, she bo Id. Tho wife said Chumberluln hud the motor running and the cur wus headed north up Port land towurd Pucllc Terrace. Mo threw the car in geur, raced the motor and drove north about the length of three lotM with hln wife screaming on the side of tho car, she claimed. He then, Mrs. Chamberlain told police, awerved the car to the left and Mrs. Chumberluln wus thrown 14 feel onlo the parking strip. During tills time the murine was ulno culling to Chumberluln,1 RCPAIR NOW or SPRING CLCANING Phone 5669 Farm Master 4A CHICKS 17 c Ea. In lots of 100 New Hrmpi, Rocks, R. Reds. 3A Grade 15c Ea. Place your livery tor Sears . t:t -. Pi! Km " ..' nil LL. -.-. ; :.1 v MERI mm Fingers Crossed "My job these days is to help keep your cat rolling and to save you money. I've got equip ment and tools just for this purpose. I've got the right parts if your car needs them. My expert mechanics can spot trouble before it gets serious. "I'd like to help you keep that car of yours in good shape. Phone me and we'll set a date." 3VUt"U WifiJ and Dodgo Job-Safed Trutkt Chryiler Corpo- ration Parfi DtvUton. 1 H ' Tuno In Major Bowel' Program Thurtday, f PJA . B.W.T., CBS NetAork , - ,l D HERALD AND NEWS THREE police were told. Chumberluln then left and took his companion to a dance, Later he was apprehended by city police at 3rd and Klamath when he double parked on llin wrong side of tho street to visit with friends In another car. , At liie honpiliil, police said, Mrs. Chumberluln was found tu be suffering from a eevero Hhouldcr injury, lacerations and bruises. She vus dismissed Sun day but was to return for fur ther treutment, Chamberlain paid a fina of $100 or ;i0 days in Jail in police court this morning on the flrat churge, mid $10 on tho second, Tho mill worker was held In the city Jail until his uppeurancs in court today, in lieu of bull. Acid Indigestioi Rafaradlnfi mWa ur rhtl n9ybt VV;.TO w t:-.,i,r:i i'!-J rv;-j taltm tnr , lour nVwU ar,. l.:x.:U.:rn. Cxiri f4 tirrvr!' rwt4,' T.,vtn ti 1 ynift'ofutflu if'Uf CJ' H'if.ti :k l.rrtn tn 1111 M T.hf-U. 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